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World of Work resources for TY students
This is the first resource of a new “World of Work” (WOW) series. This first resource is the “Great Language Apprentice Challenge” and is aimed at TY students who have studied French, German, Italian, or Spanish at Junior Cycle level.
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TY for Non-Beginners
We have a number of Modules and WebQuests designed for TY students who have already studied either French, German, Italian or Spanish.
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Italian Language eBooks
We are now providing you with access to the e-books “In Bocca al Lupo!” and Giro d’Italia (Vol. 1 and 2) at no cost! Previously these were not available for viewing or download on iPhones or iPads but now they are. Links to interactive activities are embedded, as well as links to audio files. The recording facility is not available but you can use one of the many apps available for this part of the course.
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TY Modules for Beginners
We have a number of modules designed for TY students who are beginning to learn either Chinese, German, Italian, Korean, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian or Spanish.
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WebQuest – A trip to (German)
Designed for Transition Year students, this WebQuest will take your students on a journey. They will learn to plan and undertake research while using the target language.
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Learn Basic Romanian – Useful Youtube videos
This is a compilation of useful You Tube videos for beginners’ Romanian.
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Flash Cards: Portuguese Speaking Countries and Continents
A flash card file, that can be printed and used in Portuguese class (and with TY Modules in Portuguese) to introduce global continents. And a worksheet for students containing the flags and names of countries where they speak Portuguese around the world.
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Japanese Lesson Plan: Greetings
Use this lesson plan to teach Japanese greetings to your TY class
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Countries Worksheet in Japanese
Download this resource to learn about countries in Japanese.
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Comparing Irish and Japanese Schools
This resource is useful for teaching the difference between Japanese and Irish schools
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Junior Cycle Specification in Russian Language and Culture: Specification
This 100 hour course is based on the Generic Short Course in Modern Languages which was in turn developed using the Framework for Junior Cycle (DES, 2015) and the Junior Cycle Short Courses Draft Handbook ‘Developing Short Courses in Junior Cycle’.
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Japanese Hanami Festival Worksheet
Use this worksheet to teach your TYs about the festival of Hanami
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History of the Korean alphabet
The Korean alphabet is unique. Meet the king who invented it and watch him work his linguistic magic in this chapter of the history of writing.
On your journey, you wake up in another palace. This time you’re in Korea. The first face to greet you is that of King Sejong the Great. He tells you of centuries of struggles trying to fit Chinese characters to his Korean language. He compares it to Japanese. But he wants something cleaner, more efficient. You tell him about your alphabet, but he’s not impressed. Watch as he knocks your ideas down and invents a better writing system. Are you convinced? Could this be the greatest major moment in the history of writing?
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Japanese festivals
Use this powerpoint to help you teach your TYs about Japanese festivals
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